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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedVentilation Won’t Prevent Attic Mold Growth
by Jeffrey May — https://hi.healthyindoors.com/i/1148971-hi-july-2019/ — Top photo – Encapsulate misapplied over mold growth on the underside of an attic roof deck We get a number of calls about...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedHow Often Should You Change the HVAC Filter?
By Allison Bailes — One of the topics I’ve hammered on for years is the inadequacy of using rules of thumb for sizing air conditioners. The standard one ton of air conditioning capacity for each...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedDoes Air Conditioning Make You Sick? Here’s The Truth.
This is what AC is really doing to our bodies and brains, according to experts. By Jenna Birch — Most Americans use air conditioning every day, whether it’s in their office buildings or living...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedTesting Pollution in Homes
Home Performance Channel – Healthy Indoors Minute — May 2019 — Grace and Corbett Lunsford, of the Building Performance Workshop, and the hosts of the new weekly PBS TV series, Home Diagnosis,...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedThe “Green” Paint Myth
By Alice Delia — It’s all about the marketing. The surface coatings (paint, varnish, lacquer, etc.) industry has been very successful at convincing us we can act “green” by using a low-VOC...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedThe Industry’s ONLY Hybrid Live/Online Event Returns!
IAQ & Energy 2019 Conference October 31 – November 1, 2019 – Portland, ME & Live-streamed worldwide The Maine Indoor Air Quality Council and Healthy Indoors Magazine have again partnered for this...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedHousing as a Key Social Determinant of Health—How to Fix It!
Thursday June 20, 2019 THROUGH lead, radon, mold or other household health risks – home environment conditions significantly impact occupant health. Children can be disproportionately affected by...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedHousing is Health Care
by Kevin Kennedy — If we change what we live with, we will get better. A couple of strangers carrying small suitcases arrive at Emma’s front door. Emma is a five-year-old with asthma and her...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedMold May Have Contributed to University Of Maryland Student’s Death
CBS News November 22, 2018, 7:35 AM The University of Maryland is trying to calm fears that recent mold problems on campus may be linked to a virus that caused a student’s death. Freshman Olivia...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedComment on Ellen Tohn Discusses the Health Benefits of Home Performance by Thomas Jameson
It's good to know that reducing the amount of air pollution in your home can lead to health benefits. My wife and I have been looking for ways to improve our health. We'll be looking further into...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedBuilding the Humidity-Controlled House
Grace and Corbett Lunsford, of the Building Performance Workshop, and the hosts of the new weekly PBS TV series, Home Diagnosis, bring you the next installment of the “Home Performance Channel –...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedWhat’s Lurking in Your Building?
Find out in the April Digital Edition of Healthy Indoors Magazine! Read it online now at https://hi.healthyindoors.com/i/1110382-hi-april-2019/ The post What’s Lurking in Your Building? appeared...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedToxic Water – The PFAS Dilemma
By Dr. Alice Delia — There’s a new bad guy in the environmental world. A group of about 3,000 man-made chemical compounds known collectively as PFAS (per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) is being...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedWhat is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?
By Kathleen Rogers — On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development. In the U.S. and around the world, smog was...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News Feed17th Annual New York State Green Building Conference – April 17 – April 18
SYRACUSE NY — As the premier green building conference in the Northeast, our progressive advisory council has fostered our growth by consistently bringing together top green building researchers,...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedThe Spore-Trap Trap
By Jack Springston, CIH, CSP, FAIHA — Those of you who know me know that, for years now, I have had issues with the ongoing proliferation of certificates and certifications in the indoor air...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News Feed17th Annual National Healthy Schools Day
April 2, 2019 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL HEALTHY SCHOOLS DAY: A Healthy School for Every Child Tuesday April 2, 2019 More than fifty partnering agencies and nonprofit advocacy groups are joining...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News Feed2019 National Home Performance Conference and Trade Show
Join Healthy Indoors Magazine in Chicago April 1-4 — The 2019 National Home Performance Conference and Trade Show is coming to the heart of Chicago, April 1 – 4, 2019. Though known as the Second...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedJoin Healthy Indoors at EIA 2019 in Miami
We invite you to join us in Miami, 23-29, 2019, to the only conference you will need all year. The Annual EIA Conference & Exhibition is the source for information on mold identification and...
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Go to IAQnet LiveWire News FeedAir Quality Instrumentation: Part II – A manufacturing standard
by David Pariseau — In the previous installment I provided a brief history of air quality in the cleanroom space. Essentially briefly chronicling the rapid rise of instrumentation followed by a...
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